Description

Each book in the Surfing series contains a summary, with occasional more detailed sections, of all the mandatory parts of the syllabus, along with questions and answers.
All types of questions – multiple choice, short response, structured response and free response – are provided.
Questions are written in exam style so that you will become familiar with the concepts of the topic and answering questions in the required way.
Answers to all questions are included.
A topic test at the end of the book contains an extensive set of summary questions. These cover every aspect of the topic, and are useful for revision and exam practice.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Words to Watch
Gravity and Motion
1 Mass and Weight
2 Acceleration Due to Gravity – An Experiment
3 Acceleration Due to Gravity – Another Experiment
4 Newton’s Laws of Gravitation
5 Gravitational Field
6 Gravitational Potential Energy 1
7 Gravitational Potential Energy 2
8 Changes in Gravitational Potential Energy
9 Resolution of Vectors
10 Motion on an Inclined Plane
11 Projectile Motion
12 Projectile Motion Problems 1
13 Projectile Motion Problems 2
14 Projectile Motion Problems 3
15 Projectile Motion Problems 4
16 Circular Motion
17 A Practical Analysis
18 Circular Motion on a Banked Curve
19 Newton, Circular Motion and Orbital Speed
20 The Geocentric Model of the Solar System
21 The Heliocentric Model of the Solar System
22 Kepler’s Law’s of Planetary Motion
23 Kepler’s Third Law
24 Types of Orbits
25 Space Debris
26 Forensic Science and Projectiles
Electromagnetism
27 Electrostatics – Revision
28 Coulomb’s Law
29 Electric Fields
30 Electric Field Strength
31 Force on a Charge in an Electric Field
32 Electric Field Strength between Parallel Plates
33 Work Done by a Field
34 Moving Charges in Magnetic Fields
35 Magnetic Field around Straight Conductors
36 Magnetic Fields and Solenoids
37 Magnetic Flux and Flux Density
38 The Motor Effect
39 Conductors in Magnetic Fields 1
40 Analysing Experimental Results
41 Conductors in Magnetic Fields 2
42 Torque on a Coil
43 Simple DC Motors
44 Improving the Simple Motor
45 Simple AC Motors
46 Faraday and Induction
47 Lenz’s Law and Coils
48 The AC Induction Motor
49 Transformers
50 Transformers and Electricity Transmission
51 More about Induction and Lenz’s Law
52 The DC Generator
53 The AC Generator
54 Comparing DC Motors and Generators
55 Superconductors
56 How Superconductors Conduct
57 Magnetic Levitation
58 Using Superconducting Technology for Maglev
59 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
60 The Square Kilometre Array
Topic Test
Answers
Data Sheet
Equations
Periodic Table
Index